Truncate text to a target word count, preferring a clean sentence boundary. e.g., a 500-word article truncated to 100 words returns a clean excerpt ending with
AI agents call truncate_text to retrieve information from Newsletter Tools without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool processes input text and returns a transformed excerpt. It performs a read/transform operation on provided text with no side effects, no data storage, no external calls, and no destructive actions. It simply shortens text to a word count boundary.
From the tool's definition Truncate text to a target word count, preferring a clean sentence boundary... returns a clean excerpt
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Truncate text to a target word count, preferring a clean sentence boundary. e.g., a 500-word article truncated to 100 words returns a clean excerpt ending with. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Newsletter Tools MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Newsletter Tools MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for truncate_text: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Newsletter Tools. Nothing to install.
truncate_text is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the truncate_text rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for truncate_text. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
truncate_text is provided by the Newsletter Tools MCP server (josephtandle/beehiiv-mcp-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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